outsurvive

English

Etymology

out- +‎ survive

Verb

outsurvive (third-person singular simple present outsurvives, present participle outsurviving, simple past and past participle outsurvived)

1. (transitive) To survive longer than; to outlive.
   • 1992, P. E. Griffiths, Trees of Life: Essays in Philosophy of Biology, page 155:

     It is not the case that A outsurvived B because A had greater fitness. If A outsurvived B, it was because A possessed some set of properties, P, that B lacked.

   • 2006, Hugh Cook, The Worshippers And the Way, page 250:

     In war, merely to outsurvive the enemy can be an advantage. He who survives can communicate his outsurvival to headquarters, meaning that the masters he serves will know of the outcome of his struggle even if he dies shortly thereafter.

Synonyms

• survive